Has anyone come across any issues with putting landscaping numbers in for Regional Materials?
I know the language of the creidt allows 329000 Planting/Landscaping materials to be counted, and I have letters from the Plant Material Manufacturers stating that all plant material was sourced through their Nursery - would this be adequate backup data? Or do I need a separate Extraction and Manufacturing location for plants?
Mariah Grife
Walsh Construction11 thumbs up
November 8, 2013 - 2:21 pm
Another Question - Can I put in Regional numbers for Soil Materials used in planting? Would this fall under the 32.90.00 spec category?
Erica Downs
LEED ConsultantThe Green Engineer
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November 18, 2013 - 11:09 pm
Hi Mariah - I have used locally-grown plants for this credit before and it was accepted. I believe we had a letter from the nursery stating that the plants were grown there. We used the same distance for Extraction and Manufacturing. I'm sure locally-sourced planting soils would also be ok, since other landscape materials are acceptable (like crushed stone).
Jenelle Shapiro
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February 13, 2014 - 2:02 am
Yes, Soil has been approved on all my projects. Anything that falls into 32.9X.XX is how I approach it. And typically every job therefore has regional plants and soils, which help greatly toward achieving MRc5!